Smoker s implement



F. P. WILLIAMS.

SMOKERS IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20. 1919.

l 3 l 5, 343 Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

H15 ATTORNEY.

mural) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK r. wILLIms, or DETROIT, mrcnrcm, ASSIGNOR or ONE-THIRD To 1:. E. comm, FIVE PER CENT. To LIZZ'IE MIKBUSE, AND ONE-TWENTIETH To HOWARD cRocKEB, ALL or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed January 20,1919. Serial No. 272,063.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. VV nmAMs, a citizen of the United States, reslding at Detroit, county of Wayne,.State of lidichigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Smokers Im lements, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to a smokers implement intended for use in connection with a cigar or cigarette holder to catch the ashes that fall from the cigar or cigarette and also act as a carrier for the cigar or cigarette holder.

The article has a further usefulness of furnishing a convenient stand for the burning cigar or cigarette when it is laid down. The idea is to add to the comfort of the smoker by providing an ash tray that is carried in connection with the smoke to catch the ashes as they drop without requiring theattention of the smoker. When the smoker desires to lay the smoke down for a moment all that it is necessary to do is to place the article upon the table, and it is so constructed as to act then as both a stand to keep the burning smoke out of contact with the table and as a tray to catch the ashes.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the implement as it stands upon the table.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing how the smoke is tipped up with respect to the implement.

Fig. 3 is across section of the main semitube taken on a line at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4 is a view showing how the two semitubes and the end cap can be assembled togeth'er to provide a carrier for the smoke holder.

Fig. 5 is a view of the blank out of which the cap is made.

Fig. 6 is a view of the blank out of which the main semi-tube is made. i

Fig. 7 is a view of the blank out of which the subsidiary semi-tube is made.

Fig. 8 is a view of the blank out of which the neck is made.

In the following specification the word smoke is used in its popular signification as a generic term to cover both a cigarette, cigar or any other similar form of using tobacco by burning.

The usual holder a which is simply an amber, celluloid or other form of holder now in common use, is used to holdthe smoke, which is shown in the drawings as a cigarette b. This is held in the main semi-tube c, which comprises such .a blank as is shown in Fig. 6 bent up in the shape of a half tube 0 shown in 'Fig.-1. The flap d .is bent down,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and doubled upon itself to form a support for the smoke holder to hold it in the inclined position clearly shown in Fig. 2. As this gives the smoke an inclination upward it holds the burning end away from the implement so that the same will not get hot, nor will the smoke partake of the taste which might otherwise follow the heating of the metal were the smoke to lie directly against it. A neck of this main semi-tube is formed by the blank detailed in'Fig. 8. This is simply a rectangular sheet of metal that is rolled up in the form of a tube 6. This tube 6 is held in proper relation with the body of the main semi-tube by means of the spring arms f that are the strap portions 7 shown in the blank 0 of Fig. 3 or Fig. 6. These spring arms are slightly bowed inward so as to form a spring grip, upon the smoke holder awhen that is forced into the neck-e. This neck e in connection with the support (1 holds the scopic fashion, being sufliciently larger than the space between the sides of the main semitube to hold-itself in by spring action when placed therein.

Into the end of this subsidiary semi-tube fits the cap it made from the blank. shown in Fig. 5, which comprises simply a half tube blank with a circular disk to form the end of the cap, which may be soldered or otherwise fastened to the rolled blank when that has been rolled into half tube shape, as shown in Fig. 4. This cap furnishes an end piece for the two-telescoping half tube portions so as to hold thel ashes from sliding out of the end.

When the implement is to .be used as a carrier for the smoke holder, the subsidiary semi-tube g is drawn outof the main semiplete bottle or carrier.

main semi-tube and the two semi-tubes then form the complete tube. The cap-k having been slipped into the end of the two tele scoping half barrel portions forms a com- The holder at then can be poked down through the neck and is practically concealed within the bottle-like carrier.

What I claim is: I

1. A smokers implement, comprising a pair of semi-tubular members in telescopic relation in which the half-tubes may lie together or one be inverted to form a closed tube, one of which tubes is provided with a neck-and the other of which is provided with a capped end, the said neck serving to hold a smoke holder.

2. A smokers implement, comprising a pair of semi-tubular members engaging in telescopic relation in which the half-tubes may lie together or one be inverted to form a closed tube, a third semi-tubular member having a disk-like end to form a cap, and a sleeve-like member secured to the semi-tubular member other than the one to which the cap is secured for supporting a smoke holder.

3. A smokers implement, comprising a part tubular member having a turned down flap folded upon itself to form a leg to sup port the implement upon a table and its upper edge serving to incline the smoke holder with respect to the axis of the part tubular member, and a neck supported at one end of the part tubular member to support the smoke holder, the said part tubular member serving also to catch the ashes falling from the smoke during smoking.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 16th day of January, 1919.

FRANK P. WILLIAMS. 

